A Russian town frozen in 1986 where time forgot to check its expiration date.
Surreal adventures in a small provincial town in Russia that is stuck in the 1980s.
Production
Meticulous 1980s period detail that feels simultaneously real and wrong
Direction
Three directors create one coherent fever dream somehow
Acting
Bashirov's deadpan desperation as the trapped Gordey Ivanovich
Director
Gabar Gabaroff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The director(s) used actual abandoned Soviet infrastructure in Tatarstan, filming in buildings scheduled for demolition that were later destroyed.
The film's title refers to a fictional river that translates roughly to 'faceless,' referencing both the town's anonymity and the Soviet concept of 'bezlikh'—the faceless masses.
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